Editor Profile
Dr. Carla Patrícia Silva, Ph.D.
Professor
Present
Polytechnic University of Coimbra and H&TRC - Health & Technology Research Center, Coimbra Health School
Coimbra
Portugal
Carla Patrícia Silva (CPS) obtained her degrees at University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal: PhD in Chemistry (2014), MSc in Instrumental Methods and Analytical Quality Control (2006) and graduation in Chemistry (2004). During her PhD, CPS was a Guest Scientist at BAM-Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany.
Currently, CPS is Professor at Polytechnic University of Coimbra - Health School of Coimbra (ESTeSC-IPC), Integrated Researcher of the Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC/ESTeS-IPC), and Collaborator Researcher at the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM/UA).
CPS has authored 60 publications and 100 communications. Peer-reviewed papers in highly ranked ISI-journals represent 1449 citations and an H-index of 23 (Scopus, 2nd July 2025).
- Pharmaceuticals
- Occurrence
- Fate and Removal of Organic Contaminants
- Photodegradation
- Photocatalysis
- Adsorption
- Wastewater Treatments
- Louros, Vitória L.; Silva, Valentina; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Calisto, Vânia; Otero, Marta; Esteves, Valdemar I.; Freitas, Rosa; Lima, Diana L.D.. "Sulfadiazine's photodegradation using a novel magnetic and reusable carbon based photocatalyst: Photocatalytic efficiency and toxic impacts to marine bivalves". Journal of Environmental Management 313 (2022): 115030. http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.jenvman.2022.115030
- Louros, Vitória L.; Ferreira, Liliana M.; Silva, Valentina G.; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Martins, Manuel A.; Otero, Marta; Esteves, Valdemar I.; Lima, Diana L. D.. "Photodegradation of Aquaculture Antibiotics Using Carbon Dots-TiO2 Nanocomposites". Toxics 9 12 (2021): 330. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics9120330
- Silva, Carla Patrícia; Pereira, Diogo; Calisto, Vânia; Martins, Manuel A.; Otero, Marta; Esteves, Valdemar I.; Lima, Diana L.D.. "Biochar-TiO2 magnetic nanocomposites for photocatalytic solar-driven removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents". Journal of Environmental Management 294 (2021): 112937. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112937.
